Long time readers of this site may remember Trailer Trash from well... a long time ago. Well, it's back. Look around, you're standing in the middle of a big, stinky bag of it. Enjoy.
In these years of supposed fiscal responsibility and anti-piracy obsession Hollywood may be busily hiding movies from reviewing critics and strip searching people on their way into theaters, but their marketing tactics are as pervasive as ever.
If you're pushing a movie, trailers are everything. These days it's not just a way to advertise something, like a great poster it's almost become its own trashy art form. Here's a look at new trailers from this week that we might have otherwise missed covering on the site. We drop them all in a cinch sack hefty bag and call it Trailer Trash.
Night at the Museum - With the passing of Don Knotts you might find yourself a little nostalgic for a good old fashioned horror comedy. The Haunted Mansion tried, but Eddie Murphy is no Mr. Chicken. So Fox has gathered together a bunch of classic comedic talents like Dick Van Dyke and Mickey Rooney and paired them up with modern comedy masters like Ben Stiller and Robin Williams to hand over the haunted comedy mantel in Night at the Museum. Stiller takes a job as a night security guard alongside Van Dyke and Rooney, only to find himself on duty when all the exhibits suddenly come to life. The trailer makes it look like a real classic in the making. They've released several different ads for it in lower quality formats, but now Fox has sent out a proper, full-length trailer in beautiful Quicktime.
10th and Wolf - After his surprisingly great turn in Superman Returns as a second banana, James Marsden is getting a crack at a leading role that won't pigeonhole him as an easily replaceable stiff. The movie is 10th and Wolf, based on the real life story of Donnie Brasco. Yeah, his story has been done before, but this one looks to have its own visual style. Besides, people never get tired of gangster movies. The first full trailer is out and up in glorious Quicktime. It opens with a Marsden narration, and then drifts into Mr. Movie Voice to describe a complicated heist, bait and switch flick. Watch the trailer, the movie might be worth a shot. Warning: This trailer contains gratuitous (yet fully clothed) Tommy Lee.
Smokin Aces - Like the mighty Goliath, Ben Affleck re-embraces the power of the goatee to resurrect his JLo shattered career. The trailer for his next, Smokin Aces starts by listing a litany of sappy romantic films made by its director, and then proceeds to knock your socks of with wild violence, guns, and general debauchery. It's over the top, gritty, dirty, and the cast is like some sort of cool dude wet dream. Jeremy Piven? Andy Garcia? Cards? Babes? Motorhead? This must be man movie heaven. The only drawback here is that there's not a bigger version of the trailer available. Trust me though, you can't wait for one. Right click and save as on our savable link and prepare to change your pants when you're finished.
The Return - Judging from the recent trailers for The Grudge 2, Sarah Michelle Gellar is going to need a new horror franchise before her new sequel is over. Her odds of surviving the next one look slim. No problem, she's already got The Return on the way. It starts 15-years-ago in Texas, and unlike most Lone Star State horror flicks it doesn't involve whores, chainsaws, or the Chupacabra. The trailer starts out in grainy browns, and then flashes to the present day where Sarah Michelle is looking dead sexy and driving down a long and winding road alone. Then, there shines a shiny demon, in the middle, of the road. Actually that was Tenacious D. Sorry. But there is driving, and she ends up in a scary town. Anything with Sarah Michelle Gellar is bound to at least be a cut above the usual When a Stranger Calls crap shoved into theaters. So if tepid horror is your thing, give the new trailer for The Return a look. This one is downloadable, so right click and save as on the link below.
The Black Dahlia - The trailer for Brian DePalma's upcoming murder mystery The Black Dahlia was a lot more effective when I saw it for the first time up on a big theater screen than it is in an annoying Yahoo Stream� but then what isn't? The trailer plays like a sexually charged version of Hollywoodland. The really great thing about it though, is Josh Hartnett, who after years wasting his time in horrible rom-coms and buddy-cop movies has apparently found his niche. He proved it in Sin City and here he's doing it again. The guy was born to be an old fashioned noir detective, and in the trailer he tackles his gumshoe character with appropriate aplomb. That means good. Forget Scarlett Johansson's hotness and Hilary Swank's lesbian activity tease, stream it on in just for him.
